Our Mission:
Cultivate.
Ecumenical Campus Ministries (ECM) is a registered non-profit dedicated to serving KU students and the Lawrence community. We strive to be sensitive, accepting, intellectually honest, and liberating in the matter of how humans cultivate and know a sense of purpose in their lives.
Engaging Students
We offer a number of programs and opportunities for students and community members, from our popular Veggie Lunch to Tai Chi and Kickboxing classes. Visit our Programs tab to see the diverse ways you can get involved at the ECM!
“This is the only place I know so far, on campus, that offers us, the students, a sense of home and community. The ECM provides services to students that are essential, including an inclusive safe space for interfaith conversations.”
Where Campus and Community Connect
ECM collaborates with several community organizations, including Just Food, Kansas Holistic Defenders, Communication Workers of America, Food Not Bombs, and the American Federation of Teachers. We also collaborate with several local businesses, including Raven Book Store.
100+
years of operation
Established in 1905, the ECM has been a site of social and spiritual growth in Lawrence for over eleven decades.
35
years of veggie lunch
ECM has been providing students and community members a weekly, free vegan meal since 1986.
212
Individual donors In 2021
Programs at the ECM are sustained by our generous community. Donate here.
Get Involved
There are many ways to get involved with ECM! In addition to the methods below, interested community members can apply to join our board of directors here.
Attend a program
We have a number of diverse, low-cost programs for students and community members.
Volunteer opportunities
ECM relies on volunteers to help provide many of our programs and maintain our space.
Make a Donation
Your donation directly contributes to keeping the ECM a safe, liberating space for our campus community.
Land Acknowledgement:
We at Ecumenical Campus Ministries (ECM) collectively acknowledge that we occupy the historical homelands of the Kansa (Kaw), Shawnee, Delaware, and Osage People.
In addition we recognize, support and advocate for the sovereignty of the tribes who currently reside in Kansas: the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, as well as members of the Delaware Tribe, and the Quapaw, and Wyandot Nation of Kansas.
By offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and seek to ensure that ECM is welcoming, inclusive and respectful of First Nations & Indigenous peoples.